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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
purpose clause
Sorry! I don't know what I touched and couldn't complete my post!
Is to twist reality so that... an infinitive clause of purpuse ? what does it modify?
is so that... another clause of purpose within the main one?
Thanks.
Is to twist reality so that... an infinitive clause of purpuse ? what does it modify?
is so that... another clause of purpose within the main one?
Thanks.
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Yes, there is. I posted it some minutes ago but incomplete!
Here it is:
Tobacco advertising is undertaken around sports through the sponsorship of sports to twist reality so that death is sold as life.
My questions: Is to twist reality so that ... an adverbial clause of purpose or a non-finite clause of purpuse?
Does it modify 'unde
Here it is:
Tobacco advertising is undertaken around sports through the sponsorship of sports to twist reality so that death is sold as life.
My questions: Is to twist reality so that ... an adverbial clause of purpose or a non-finite clause of purpuse?
Does it modify 'unde
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"to twist reality so that death is sold as life" is adverbial describing the purpose of undertaking tobacco advertising (according to the author). "to" means "in order to".
"so that that death is sold as life" is nested adverbial describing the purpose or desired outcome of twisting reality.
"so that that death is sold as life" is nested adverbial describing the purpose or desired outcome of twisting reality.
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Now, in I want to buy new car:
I: subjetct
want: main verb
to buy a new car : DO/ inf phrase
Is this analysis ok?
I: subjetct
want: main verb
to buy a new car : DO/ inf phrase
Is this analysis ok?
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4444mvNow, in I want to buy new car:I: subjetctwant: main verb to buy a new car : DO/ inf phraseIs this analysis ok?I don't understand what you mean by "DO" there.
I think there are two ways of looking at this sentence. The first is as "I / want / to buy a new car". In other words, "to buy a new car" is what you want. The second is "I / want to buy /
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GPY 4444mvNow, in I want to buy new car:I: subjetctwant: main verb to buy a new car : DO/ inf phraseIs this analysis ok?I don't understand what you mean by "DO" there.I think there are two ways of looking at this sentence. The first is as "I / want / to buy a new car". In other words, "to buy a new car" is what you want. The second is "I / want to buy / a new car". In oth
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What do you want? / To buy a new car.
To buy a new car is what I want.
What do you want to buy? / A new car.
A new car is what I want to buy.
The fact that all these make sense (albeit they would not all be colloquially common) is evidence that both approaches are valid. Personally, I find it intuitively hard to see "to buy a new car" as truly an or
To buy a new car is what I want.
What do you want to buy? / A new car.
A new car is what I want to buy.
The fact that all these make sense (albeit they would not all be colloquially common) is evidence that both approaches are valid. Personally, I find it intuitively hard to see "to buy a new car" as truly an or
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